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MAGAZINES.
The Forum for September has number
of interesting and valuable articles. Among
them are the following; The Sixteenth
Amendment, Senator j. j. Ingalls,; Is
Canada Misgoverned! The Minister of the
Interior; Concerning Men, the author of
John Halifax, Gentleman;n What is the
Object of Life? Prof. E. D. Cope; Ameri-
can Geographical Names, Bishop A. Cleve-
land Coke; Great Telescopes, Prof. G. A.
Young; Ignatius Donnelly's Comet, Prof.
Alexander Winchell. The Forum Publish
ing Company, No. 81 Fifth Avenue, New
York city.
The leading paper in the Magazine of
american History for September is bio
graphical sketch of the distinguished Revo-
lutionary officer. Gen. James NJ Varnum,
from the pen of Judge Advocate Asa Bird
Gardiner, U. S. A, ]. L. D. The handsome
portrait of the General forms the fronts
piece to the number, and his historic home
in Rhode Island, and the fine portrait of his
brother, also a man of distinction in mill
tary and political life, are among the superb
illustrations The second article, How
California Was Secured" by the renowned
Hubert Howe Bancroft, will command at
tention. Nothing in this number, however,
will attract more genuine appreciation than
the fourth paper. entitled Union, Secession,
Abolition, as illustrated in the careers of
Webster, Calhoun, Sumner" by W. M.
Dickson of Cincinnati "a Patriotic Par
son" is biographical sketch by Rev. DR..
Lamson. The shorter papers are of much
Importance, III. G. Van Schaak's Historical
Treasures" notably and Original Docu-
ments' contain the Memorandum of Route
pursued by Colonel Campbell in l779, from
Savannah to Augusta Georgia." annotated
by Colonel Charles c. Jones, Jr., LII. D., TAB
Broadway n Y.
BabyIand for September is full of pretty
and attractive illustrations, which are well
calculated to interest children. D. Lothrop
& Co., Boston. N
The September Eclectic recommends it
self by a goodly table Of contents. The
place of honor is given to collection of
Emin Bey's letters from Central Africa,
which throw light on the career of this re-
markable man, to whose relief Stanley has
gone. Frederick Harrison makes protest
againt the vandalism hidden in the attempts
to restore ancient buildings, in themselves
masterpieces. The article on "Gold" is of
considerable interest, and Holman Hunts
bit of autobiography-an account of his
painting his great picture, 1.-THE Scape-
goat'-win be read with attention by lovers
of art. The author of the article on Flags
and Banners" brings together a good
deal Of curious ,oo and IL a sid;7s
is charming sketch, and readers
will find quaint interest in the story of
THE Twins" which the writer locates in
China. Salvation by Torture at Kair-
wan" is picturesque chapter from Mo
hammedan superstition. E. R. Pelton, Is
Bond street, New York.
Scribner'S Magazine, for September
opens with fully illustrated article on
1.-THE Modern Nile" by Edward L. Wilson,
one of the most enthusiastic and skilful of
travellers and photographers. September
being the month in which occurs the centen-
NAL of the federal constitution, Mr. Mon
cure D. Conway's article, entitled IAN I'm
published Draft of a National Constitution
by Edmund Randolph, Found among the
Papers of George Mason" is especially
timely. Mr.. E. H. House, who for many
years was resident in Japan, where he was
engaged in journalism and business,
has contributed a charming story
of Japanese life, entitled 1.-THE Sacred
Flame of TORN Ji." AT the opening of the
collegiate year the thoughtful essay on the
Development of the American University"
by Prof George T. Ladd, of Yale, will be
read with unusual care and profit by those
interested in the subject of higher educa-
ton The fiction of this number includes a
striking and unusually strong story of rail-
road engineers fight against the corporation
to recover damages for injuries received
while in its service 1t is entitled Elan
droe's Mogul," and the author is Virginia
lawyer, Mr.. A. G.. Gordon. Charles Serb
ner's Sons, New York.
The September number Of Harper's
Magazine opens with an attractive article
on Riding in New York, by New York
equestrian, with a number of spirited illus
trations from 7. de Thulstrup. The writer
reviews the growth of horsemanship in the
metropolis, and pleasantly describes the
prevailing fashions of riding, and the facili-
ties afforded for this exercise in the park,
the roads, and the clubs of the city. The
frontispiece of the number is a beautiful
illustration of Wordsworth'sI sonnet, 1.-THE
River Duddonn by Alfred Parsons. DR..
Wheatley shows that there is such a thing
as Home Rule in the Isle of Man." by
which the Island of Mona has for a long
time governed itself with in
creasng independence. Blanche Willis
Howard furnishes the first half of a
humorous novelette, called TONY, the
Maid" which is illustrated by Reinhart
"The South American Yankee" is an admi-
rable article on Chill ana the Chillanos by
a South American traveller, William Eleroy
Curtis, with a profusion of illustrations.
Charles Dudley Warner introduces the
"Drawern with piece of delicate sarcasm
upon 1.-THE Modern Students Aids to De
velopment" The antipodes of Chill is also
excellently written up by DIR. Lansdell, in
his illustrated article on 1.-THE Sons of the
Steppe." or the inhabitants of lower Sibe-
ria. The number is extraordinarily rich in